Palo Alto, Calif. -- Maana, the Palo Alto-based developer of an analytics platform designed to let companies analyze data in multiple silos simultaneously, said on Tuesday it has raised $26 million in its second round of funding. Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures led the round, which also included participation from Shell Technology Ventures and previous backers GE Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures, Intel Capital and Frost Data Capital. The company, which now has raised more than $40 million since its inception, will use the proceeds to expand product development activities and build its sales and marketing teams. Dhiraj Malkani, investment director at Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, and Andy Fligel, director at Intel Capital, will join the company's board. Maana's analytics platform is based on its enterprise knowledge graph, which enables distributed, high-speed computation for data mining and machine learning across all data silos and data types.http://www.maana.io http://www.maana.io/company/press-release/maana-raises-26-million-series-b-strategic-investment-round-led-by-saudi-aramco-energy-ventures/ _____________________________________________ o South San Francisco's IDEAYA Biosciences Lands $46 Million in Funding

South San Francisco -- IDEAYA Biosciences, an oncology-focused biotechnology startup with offices in South San Francisco and La Jolla, said on Tuesday it has landed $46 million in its first round of funding. Participants included 5AM Ventures, Canaan Partners, Celgene, WuXi Healthcare Ventures, the Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research and Alexandria Real Estate. Tim Shannon, a general partner at Canaan, has joined the company's board of directors. IDEAYA is developing personalized synthetic lethality medicines targeting DNA damage and repair, as well as immuno-oncology therapies targeting the tumor microenvironment. "The company is now capitalized to advance its research programs in synthetic lethality and immuno-oncology to clinical candidate selection and the clinic," said CEO Yujiro Hata. IDEAYA was incubated by 5AM Ventures with a seed investment prior to its first round.http://www.ideayabio.comhttp://www.ideayabio.com/news/ _____________________________________________ o SBA Launches Third Annual Growth Accelerator Fund Competition

Washington, DC -- The Small Business Administration (SBA) said it has opened applications for its third annual Growth Accelerator Fund competition, which will award $3.95 million to accelerators, incubators, co-working startup communities and shared tinker-spaces. Winners will receive $50,000 each, with special consideration given to accelerators in parts of the country where there are fewer conventional sources of capital, as well as those headed by women and other under-represented groups. New to this year's competition, the SBA is partnering with several other federal agencies -- the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Department of Education and Department of Agriculture -- to provide additional prizes to accelerators that assist entrepreneurs with submitting proposals for the Small Business Innovation (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The deadline for applications is June 3, and complete details are at the link below. http://www.sba.gov/accelerators _____________________________________________ o Worldwide Semiconductor Sales Climb for First Time in Months

Washington, DC -- For the first time in five months, worldwide sales of semiconductors increased in March, according to a new report from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). Sales reached $26.1 billion for the month, up 0.3% from the prior month. Still, first-quarter sales were down 5.5% from the previous quarter and 5.8% from the same quarter in 2015. Despite the uptick in March, John Neuffer, president and CEO of the SIA, said that "soft demand, market cyclicality and macroeconomic conditions continue to impede more robust growth." Sales in the Americas showed the sharpest decline of any region during the first quarter. http://www.semiconductors.org/news/2016/05/02/global_sales_report _2015/global_semiconductor_sales_increase_slightly_in_march/ _____________________________________________ o Study: Popular Brands Among Worst Performing Websites for Mother's Day

Mountain View, Calif. -- Some of the most popular websites for people preparing for Mother's Day -- including Hershey's, Teleflora and Massage Envy -- also are among the worst performing, according to a new study by Mountain View-based performance analytics company SOASTA. The company evaluated the online performance of sites shoppers are most likely to visit when buying gifts for their moms, including chocolate brands, flower stores, lingerie lines, photo books, spas and hair salons, greeting card stores and jewelry lines. Sites were evaluated on factors such as speed and bounce rate, then benchmarked against performance data from other high-traffic websites. The top performing sites included Perfume.com, Hallmark.com and Fragranceshop.com, while the worst performing included Teleflora.com, 123greetings.com and ThingsRemembered.com. The complete top 10 best and worst lists are available at the link below. https://www.soasta.com/press-releases/soasta-hersheys-teleflora-and-massage-envy-among-worst-performing-websites-for-mothers-day/ _____________________________________________

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> Blue University LIVE Empowers Developers to Reimagine the IoT - May 24 - San Jose

The Bluetooth SIG invites you to Blue University LIVE, a full-day training session for those new to Bluetooth technology that will show you how to significantly cut build time and bring products to market faster than ever. You will leave this in-person training session with the knowledge and resources needed to get a project off the ground and into the hands of consumers. Industry leaders and Bluetooth experts will lead working sessions on Bluetooth Developer Studio, creating sample code, implementing code, and building mobile applications. Attendees will receive free development kits and a download of the sample project used in the presentation. The training will be held at the San Jose Marriott on Tuesday, May 24.

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The Bluetooth SIG invites you to Blue University LIVE, a full-day training session for those new to Bluetooth technology that will show you how to significantly cut build time and bring products to market faster than ever. You will leave this in-person training session with the knowledge and resources needed to get a project off the ground and into the hands of consumers. Industry leaders and Bluetooth experts will lead working sessions on Bluetooth Developer Studio, creating sample code, implementing code, and building mobile applications. Attendees will receive free development kits and a download of the sample project used in the presentation. The training will be held at the San Jose Marriott on Tuesday, May 24. Those interested can learn more about the trainings at https://www.bluetooth.com/blue-u-live_____________________________________________

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